Method of storing both new and used pen needles

US10137238B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Becton, Dickinson and Company · US

Inventors

• Ira Spool · Newton, US
• Cole Constantineau · Cambridge, US
• Ryan Schoonmaker · Salem, US
• Sean Sullivan · Ridgewood, US
• Abhijitsinh Raj · Morristown, US
• Michel Bruehwiler · Newton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M5/24
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A flip-open multi-pack assembly which contains a plurality of new pen needles via a rectangular or tube-shaped, hinged shell housing, wherein new pen needles are stored in a plurality of user accessible openings each having a sterility barrier formed by covers that cover the non-patient end of the openings where the new pen needles are contained. Used pen needles are returned and stored in openings accessible by rotatably opening the shell housing. One or more of the openings within first and second opposite ends of the housing shell include a slidable internal holder configured to releasably secure the inner shield of the new pen needle, and subsequently be pulled forward when the new pen needle is removed and locked at a forward position, to create an interior space, accessible from an opposite end when the hinged housing is opened, for a used pen needle to be inserted and stored.